Rita Robinson v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an ALJ is not “entitled to pick and choose from a medical opinion, using only those parts that are favorable to a finding of nondisability”
• remanding for further proceedings because the ALJ did not explain why he found the opinion to be “vague and conclusive”
• noting the “ALJ's decision should have been evaluated based solely on the reasons stated in the decision.”
• “The ALJ is not entitled to pick and choose from a medical opinion, using only those parts that are favorable to a finding of nondisability.”
• the ALJ’s decision must be evaluated “based solely on the reasons given stated in the decision.”
• “The ALJ is not entitled to pick and choose from a medical opinion, using only those parts that are favorable to a finding of nondisability.”

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